Astronaut charged with kidnap attempt

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Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

i was under the impression that before becoming an astronaut, one must go through a serious of mental and physical tests. if that's the case, nasa should probably look into changing it a bit...yikes.

Bipolar is usually detected at a younger age. How old was she again? then again, it could have been one of those rare cases that didn't surface/went undetected until now. It happens.